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Wake analysis shows little hope of growing capacity
LASER-BASED ANALYSIS of aircraft wake-vortices at London Heathrow Airport suggests that there is little hope of increasing runway capacity by reducing separations. Researchers believe that real-time provision of vortex information to controllers could sometimes assist with tactical air-traffic control (ATC), but few, if any, strategic gains are realisable. ...
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Qantas profit clears the way for privatisation
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE QANTAS AIRWAYS reports a profit increase of nearly 80% over the first half of its financial year, clearing the way for the Australian Government to sell its remaining 75% stake. The results, likely to be the last before the long-awaited share flotation, shows ...
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Human error blamed in An-70 crash
THE UKRAINIAN-LED commission investigating the crash on 10 February of the Antonov An-70 four-prop-fan prototype has ruled that the main cause of the accident was "human error", despite continuing allegations of technical problems with the aircraft. The commission says that the mid-air collision of the An-70 with ...
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IAI offers Sukhoi Su-22 upgrade
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI) is offering an upgrade package for the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter variable-geometry ground-attack fighter. Negotiations are under way with two unnamed air forces, which operate the aircraft. IAI's Lahav military-aircraft division has so far concentrated on upgrading the Mikoyan MiG-21 Fishbed. The design of an ...
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Russian missile's nuclear near-miss
A KH-25ML (AS-10 KAREN) laser-guided air-to-surface missile, fired from a Russian air force Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft in February, deviated from its aiming point at Pogonovo firing range in Southern Russia and narrowly missed Novovoronezh nuclear-power station. The missiles live explosive-fragmentation 90kg warhead detonated on impact, causing extensive ...
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Hughes wins PanAmSat 5 with new version of HS-601
HUGHES SPACE and Communications is to build the PanAmSat (PAS) 5, the 43rd HS-601 model to be supplied by the company and the third enhanced high-power version, the HS-601 HP (Flight International, 15-21 March). The HS-601 HP features gallium-arsenide solar cells and advanced-battery technology, as well as a ...
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Helicopter fall destroys Foton
THE 2,000kg RUSSIAN Foton recoverable micro-gravity capsule, carrying European Space Agency (ESA), French and German experiments worth over $3 million, was destroyed after it was dropped about 100m (330ft) from a recovery helicopter on 3 March. ESA says that its on-board Biobox container is "...irreparably wrecked" and that ...
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First American flies to board the Mir
Tim Furniss/LONDON NASA ASTRONAUT Norman Thagard became the first American to board a Russian space station on 16 March after the docking of the Soyuz TM21 spacecraft in which he and two Russian colleagues were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome two days earlier. Thagard, commander ...
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European ministers discuss open skies policy
Julian Moxon/PARIS European transport ministers have reached a tentative agreement to develop a common policy on open skies following the spate of recent agreements between individual countries and the USA. Within a 15-day period, six European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg and Sweden) ...
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New man takes helm at Motorlet
A CZECH entrepreneur has taken control of Motorlet and promises to turn around the troubled engine manufacturer within 18 months. The company is also to be returned to its pre-communist name of Walter. Local investor Emil Fould purchased two-thirds of the company's shares on 2 March for a ...
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Bombardier prepares for Dash 8-400 launch
Lane Wallace/LOS ANGELES BOMBARDIER'S LAUNCH of the de Havilland Dash 8-400 now seems certain as it begins negotiations with potential risk-sharing partners on the 70-seat, high-speed, regional turboprop. Initial letters of intent to purchase the model have been signed and some early delivery positions have ...
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IAE offers V2500 as alternative on Il-86
INTERNATIONAL AERO Engines (IAE) is working with Ilyushin to offer Il-86 operators its V2500 turbofan as an alternative to the CFM International (CFMI) CFM56 for re-engineing the aircraft. IAE says that an installation study will be completed by mid-year, around the time that CFMI is to decide whether to proceed ...
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Lockheed chooses CF6-80C2 for C-5D
LOCKHEED HAS selected General Electric's CF6-80C2 turbofan to power the C-5D, an improved version of the Galaxy which will be offered for the US Air Force's non-developmental airlift aircraft (NDAA) requirement. The NDAA is an alternative to the McDonnell Douglas C-17 and will only be purchased if the ...
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Lockheed Martin considers consolidation process
NEWLY MERGED Lockheed Martin will decide by the end of June how and where to consolidate the former Lockheed and Martin Marietta operations. The company, with annual sales of around $23 billion and 170,000 staff, was formed on 15 March, after Lockheed and Martin Marietta shareholders voted for the merger. ...
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Talon teams shape up
TEAMS ARE FORMING to bid for a US Air Force programme to upgrade the avionics in 425 Northrop T-38 Talon advanced-jet trainers. McDonnell Douglas (MDC) has teamed with Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Northrop Grumman is expected to announce its team this month. Newly formed Lockheed Martin has ...
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American plans radical shake-up
AMERICAN AIRLINES is to undergo a sweeping management overhaul, designed to eliminate 900 jobs and reduce spending by $93 million. As part of the shake-up, Robert Crandall, chairman, chief executive and president of both parent AMR and American, is relinquishing some of his duties to Donald Carty. Donald ...
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Surprise Government funding boosts Air India fleet plans shopping spree
SIZEABLE AIRCRAFT purchases by Air India are on the cards following an unexpected move by the Indian Government to allocate $990.6 million for investment by the national carrier in its 1995-6 budget. The allocation is the highest of all sectors in the Indian civil-aviation ministry. By comparison, Indian Airlines accounts ...
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Canadian Airlines wins two-thirds of US slots
CANADIAN AIRLINES HAS been awarded two-thirds of the 24 free airport-slots open to Canadian airlines as part of the bilateral air agreement signed recently with the USA. Air Canada has been allocated the remainder. Canadian will serve six of ten free slots at Chicago O'Hare and ten of ...
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Chinese aspire to Su-27 production manufacture
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW CHINA IS HOLDING discussions with Russia over the licence manufacture of the Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker air-superiority aircraft. Chinese officials have recently held talks on the licence with representatives of the Russian Komsomolsk manufacturing plant, which produces the single-seat Su-27. The Komsomolsk factory built ...